Combined wall brush and casing knife



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Patented Dec. 2, 1924.,

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Miti@ HJALMAR TKMAN, F BESSIEMER, MICHGAN.

COIVIBXNED WALL BRUSH AND CASTING KNIFE.

Application filed February T0 all eli/"wm t may concer/rt.'

Be it known that l, HJALMAR EKMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing` at Bessemer, in the county oi Gogebic and State ot Michigan7have invented new and useful improvements in a Combined 1W all Brush andCasing' Knife. of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to paperhangens tools and more particularly to acombined wall-brush and casing' knife.

rlhe primary object of this invention resides in assembling two of themost important tools utilized in practicing' the art ot paperhanginginto compact relation so a decorator can more expediently practice histrade.

Another object oi this invention resides in altering the structure ofthe common wall-brush and casing` kni'tc. used in paperl'ianging, sothey can be readily assembled in compact relation and used to betteradvantage than when uitlized separately.

A still further object ot this invention resides in constructing thehandle oi a paperhangers wall-brush so a casing' knite can beoperatively disposed thereon at a point remote to the usual grippingportion thereof.

`With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in certainnovel features ot construction, arrangement, and combination of elementsto be hereinafter set forth in the specification, illustrated in theaccompany drawing, and pointed out in the apr pended cla-im.

ln the accompanying drawing'j Fig. l is a side view of a paper-hangcrswall-brush showing' a casinaY knite associated therewith;

4.-, 19124:. Serial No. 690,496.

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the casing knife.

ln the present embodiment of this inve/ir tion, the numeral 5 designatesa paperhangers wallbrush having its handle portion 6 preferably cut awayat one end to form a recess 7 for the reception ot a rotatable casing'knife 8.

The rotatable casing knife S is carried by a yoke 9 having a stem 'l0adapted to be secured in a recess 'll in the wall W ot the recess T,said rotatable casing` knife 8 being' so disposed in the recess 7 thatits cutting; edge will project beyond the top ot the handle and end ofthe brush.

With this invention fully set Yforth. it manifest that the two mostimportant tools necessary to practicing` paperhanpjing have beencombined into compact relation and. through the simplicity of thestructure involved, the same can be manu'tactnrcd cheaply.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim and desire to protectby Letters Patent is:

In a paperhangers wall-brush having` a recess in its handle providedwith an aperture in one wall thereof, a casina' kniie dis- .posed in therecess of the handle with its edge projecting beyond the top ot thehandle and the end of the brush, a yoke rotatably supporting the easing`knife. and a stem on the yoke projecting into the apen ture in the wallo't the recess.

ln testimony whereof l a'fiiK my signature,

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